Refining storyboard

Before starting the After Effects project file and continuing with collecting assets, Chaski and I wanted to ground our storyline. We abridged some of the background information and added a dream sequence to emphasize the disturbing experience.

Collecting assets

We continued to collect assets and turn them black and white. We want to bring more power to the expression of the characters, so we are keeping our line expression and characters colorful.

Translating style frames to After Effects

We started with our styleframes - creating our assets in Photoshop and laying them out in Illustrator. I worked on beginning scene of introducing my family and Chaski is working on the next scene of the trippy dream sequence.

I experimented with textured backgrounds - and will be animating the texture in a subtle manner to give feelings of anxiety. I started with laying on my assets and doing the standard animations without easing and character animation.

Next Steps

• Stitch together first two scenes (Intro and dream sequence/build up)
• In-depth character animation
• Style frame + animate climax and resolution
• Record audio, both voice and sound effects